# Family says DeKalb teen being denied heart transplant

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-says-dekalb-teen-being-denied-heart-transplant/666139 "2013-08-13T15:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-says-dekalb-teen-being-denied-heart-transplant/666139/149 "2015-04-03T08:06:20Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> It’s not about forgetting a dose once or twice, it’s about who can be trusted to take multiple medications daily with minimal mistakes. For the rest of his/her life.

So everyone, in other words.

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> Actually… under the law there ARE people who have that right.

And those laws are wrong.

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